Darvish will start with five days rest on Tuesday at the Athletics. Manager Ron Washington gave Darvish the extra day to give him more time to recover from throwing 117 pitches in his first major-league shutout on Wednesday against Miami.

“I feel great,” said Darvish, speaking through an interpreter, on Sunday. “There is nothing wrong with me.”

Darvish is 1-7 with a 4.73 ERA for nine career starts against Oakland. Darvish said he was unaware if any team in Nippon Professional Baseball had the same success against him because “I don’t really look at the numbers.”

He had a career losing record against two teams in Japan. Darvish was one game under .500 against the Yokohama Bay Stars (0-1) and the Yomiuri Giants (2-3.)

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